DAILY CALENDAR DEVOTIONAL

VERNA’S DAILY DEVOTIONALTHURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 2019 ROMANS 8:35 PAUL HAS JUST FINISHED A DISCOURSE TO HIS PEOPLE ABOUT HOW IT IS WHEN WE BELONG TO THE LORD. TRUE BELIEVERS CANNOT LOSE, NO MATTER WHAT GOES WRONG IN THEIR LIVES, NO MATTER WHAT THREATS THEY FACE, OR HOW...

VERNA’S DAILY DEVOTIONALWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2019I KINGS 18:39 THE PEOPLE HAD JUST WITNESSED ELIJAH’S VICTORY FROM HIS CHALLENGE TO AHAB.ALL THE PROPHETS OF BAAL HAD BEEN CHALLENGED BY ELIJAH TO SEE WHO’S GOD WAS THE REAL GOD. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE ONE TRUE GOD OF...

VERNA’S DAILY DEVOTIONALTUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2019I CORINTHIANS 3:18 PAUL IS REFERRING TO THE WISDOM OF THE WORLD.HE IS UNDERSCORING THE FACT (it is referred to many places in Scripture, especially in Proverbs) THAT IN GOD’S EYES, THE WISDOM OF THIS WORLD IS...

VERNA’S DAILY DEVOTIONALMONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2019 I THESSALONIANS 1:5 PAUL WAS EMPHASIZING AS WELL AS REASSURING HIS PEOPLE OF GOD’S LOVE, AND HOW THAT HE HAD CHOSEN THEM.RECOUNTING THE SINCERITY WITH WHICH HE HAD SHARED THE GOSPEL, PRAYED FOR THE PEOPLE, SACRIFICED IN...

VERNA’S DAILY DEVOTIONALFRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2019 COLOSSIANS 3:12 PAUL IS GIVING HIS FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST A LESSON ON HOW TO LIVE CHRIST-LIKE LIVES.HE TAUGHT THEM TO GET RID OF THEIR CARNAL MINDS, AND FOCUS ON THINGS ABOVE RATHER THAN EARTHLY THINGS; TO BE HELPFUL,...

VERNA’S DAILY DEVOTIONALTHURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2019 II CORINTHIANS 12:9 PAUL HAD JUST SHARED WITH HIS DISCIPLES HIS EXPERIENCE OF HAVING BEEN TAKEN UP IN THE SPIRIT TO THE THIRD HEAVENLY LEVEL, WHERE THE LORD GAVE HIM MANY REVELATIONS.WHEN HE EXPERIENCED WHATEVER FORM...

VERNA’S DAILY DEVOTIONALWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2019MARK 4:11JESUS/YESHUA HAD JUST FINISHED GIVING HIS DISCIPLES THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER, AND THEY HAD ASKED HIM TO EXPLAIN IT.AS HE PROCEEDS TO EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF THE PARABLE, HE IS ASSURING THEM THAT THEY HAVE MUCH...

VERNA’S DAILY DEVOTIONAL TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2019 GALATIANS 3:28 THIS IS THE DEFINING PASSAGE. IT SPEAKS TO/RECONCILES MANY UNCERTAINTIES AND ISSUES OF INEQUALITY. PAUL HAD JUST FINISHED EXPLAINING THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW. FROM THERE, HE WAS MAKING THE POINT...

VERNA’S DAILY DEVOTIONALMONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2019 JAMES 1:4WHEN WE SUBMIT TO GOD’S TESTING, WE GROW IN OUR FAITH.WHEN WE SUBMIT TO GOD’S TESTING, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIND A WAY OUT OF IT, WE WILL ACTUALLY NOT ONLY GROW, BUT BECOME STABILIZED AS WE ENTER A NEW LEVEL....

VERNA’S DAILY DEVOTIONAL FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2019 EXODUS 13:9 It shall be as a sign to you on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt. GREAT PARALLEL! JUST AS...